The situation for Ukraine’s troops on the eastern front has “significantly worsened in recent days”, according to the country’s armed forces commander.
As Kyiv faces a shortage in ammunition and awaits further Western military aid, with a package from the U.S. currently held up in Congress, Oleksandr Syrsky spelled out problems for his forces in a Telegram post on Saturday.
He said that since the re-election of Vladimir Putin in a ballot widely seen as fraudulent, Russian troops have stepped up their offensives in the Lyman and Bakhmut directions in the Donetsk region, using assault groups and armored vehicles.
